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Joseph Dominique Lete

Auction price history

Highest auction price

£27,616

Type Details Sold Price
Violin 35.7 cm Nantes, 1834 Tue 1st April 2008 £27,616
Violin 35.7 cm Nantes, 1834 Wed 1st November 2006 £14,400
Violin 1834 Tue 1st October 2002 £10,884
Biographies

John Dilworth

LÉTÉ, Joseph Dominique Born 1804 Mirecourt, died 1871 Nantes France. Apprenticed to Moitessier. Worked for Gand in Paris and with J. B. Vuillaume 1825-1828. Established independently in Nantes. Slightly heavy work in the style of Gand and Vuillaume. Classical models with fine materials and hard red or golden brown varnish, sometimes shaded and aged. J H Lété, Luthier / à Nantes, 1834

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